The City of Flint has operated under at least four charters (1855,[1] 1888,[2] 1929, 1974[3]). The City is currently run under its 2017 [4] charter that gives the city a Strong Mayor form of government. It is also instituted the appointed independent office of Ombudsman, while the city clerk is solely appointed by the City Council. The City Council is composed of members elected from the city's nine wards.[3]
The city was under the supervision of a state-appointed Receivership Transition Advisory Board from 2015 to January 2019.[5] The Receivership Transition Advisory Board had to review and rule on all financial matters approved by the city council and mayor.
In June 2018, an Administrative Hearings Bureau, or Blight Hearings Bureau, was started through a grant to handle blight hearings generated from blight citations given by the city's Blight Elimination Division. Attorney T.W. Feaster was appointed the first administrative hearing officer of the bureau.[6] There were a backlog since 2013 of about 7,000 complaints.[7]
See Also Mayor of the City of Flint, Michigan
| Year | Recorders | Treasurers | Marshals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1855 | Levi Walker | Elihu F. Frary | Cornelius Roosevelt |
| 1856 | Chas. B. Higgins | John C. Griswold | Joshua Vose |
| 1857 | M.L. Higgins | George F. Hood | Nathaniel Dodge |
| 1858 | Charles Hascall | Cyrus H. Golf | |
| 1859 | |||
| 1860 | Lewis G. Bickford | John A. Kline | George Andrews |
| 1861 | L.R. Buckingham | J.A. Owens | |
| 1862 | Julius Brouseau | ||
| 1863 | H. R. Lovell | Anson S. Withee | J.D. Morehouse |
| 1864 | Alvin T. Crossman | L.G. Buckingham | |
| 1865 | J.D. Morehouse | ||
| 1866 | William W. Barnes | ||
| 1867 | George R. Gold | John S. Freeman | |
| 1868 | |||
| 1869 | Anson S. Withee | William A. Miller | |
| 1870 | |||
| 1871 | Chas. E. McAlester | Samuel B. Wicks | |
| 1872 | Francis H. Rankin, Sr. | ||
| 1873 | Solomon V. Hakes | ||
| 1874 | Francis H. Rankin, Sr. | ||
| 1875 | |||
| 1876 | |||
| Year | City Clerk• | Treasurers | Marshals |
| 1877 | Charles C. Beahan | Samuel B. Wicks | |
| 1878 | Michael Doran | ||
| 1879 | J.B.F. Curtis | Jared Van Vleet |
In 1929, the city adopted a new city charter with a council-manager form of government. In 1935, the city residents approved a charter amendment establishing the Civil Service Commission. The three-member Civil Service Commission had complete control over all personal matters leaving the city manager powerless to hire and fire. The Commission powers were reduced in the 1974 charter.[9]
| Year | City Manager | Deputy City Manager | Clerk | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963—1965 | James W. Rutherford | |||
| 12/1971-4/1974 | Brian Rapp[10] |
| Term | Manager | Governor | |
|---|---|---|---|
| data-sort-value=200207 | Jul 2002 - Jun 2004 | Ed Kurtz | John Engler |
| data-sort-value=201112 | Dec 2011 - Aug 2012 | Rick Snyder | |
| data-sort-value=201208 | Aug 2012 - July 2013 | Ed Kurtz | Rick Snyder |
| data-sort-value=201307 | July 2013 - October 2013 | Michael Brown | Rick Snyder |
| data-sort-value=201310 | October 2013 - January 2015 | Rick Snyder[11] | |
| data-sort-value=201501 | January 2015– | Jerry Ambrose | Rick Snyder[12] [13] |
| Street Commissioners | Assessors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
| 1855 | William Moon | William Eddy | John C. Griswold | Ashael Fuller | William Hamilton | David Foot [14] | ||
| 1856 | Thomas McElhany | George Andrews | James McAlester | |||||
| 1857 | William Baker | John A. Kline | John W. Palmer | |||||
| 1858 | John S. Ryno | Benjamin Pearson | Chas. H. Cudney | |||||
| 1859 | Elijah Drake | |||||||
| 1860 | Benjamin F. Golf | William Miller | ||||||
| 1861 | L. Bradford | S. C. Smith | William Bloomer | |||||
| 1862 | A.M. Hurd | L. Buckingham | Josiah Pratt | |||||
| 1863 | L. H. Roberts | James D. Haight | ||||||
| 1864 | David Watson | Theo. Simons | L. Buckingham | |||||
| 1865 | ||||||||
| 1866 | William W. Joyner | Leonard Weason | Jacob B. Covert | |||||
| 1867 | Orson B. Gibson | Edmond Curtis | ||||||
| 1868 | William O. Bassett | William Boomer | ||||||
| 1869 | Jno. C. Clement | Josiah Pratt | Josiah Pratt (?) | |||||
| 1870 | Robert W. Dullam | L. H. Robert | Silas Austin | |||||
| 1871 | Robert Patrick, Sr. | Almon Reynolds | George Stanard | |||||
| 1872 | S. B. Wicks | Henry Stanley | ||||||
| 1873 | Edmond Curtis | L. Buckingham | Henry Thayer | |||||
| 1874 | Josiah Pratt | |||||||
| 1875 | John Becker | |||||||
| 1876 | John Andrews | Augustus Root | ||||||
| 1877 | John C. Dayton | D. C. Andrews | ||||||
| 1878 | Thomas Sullivan | M. H. White | ||||||
| 1879 | Alfred Ingalls | William Pidd | ||||||
| Alderman | Wards | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Council | Years | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | ||||
| 1st | 1855 | J.W. Armstrong | George W. Dewey | Benjamin Pearson | David Mather | William M. Fenton | Alvin T. Crosman | ||
| 2nd | 1856 | H. W. Wood | ? (George W. Dewey) | Charles Rice | ? (David Mather) | Henry Higgins | ? (Alvin T. Crosman) | ||
| 3rd | 1857 | ? (H. W. Wood) | C.S. Payne | ? (Charles Rice) Lewis Walker† | Samuel N. Warren | ? (Henry Higgins) | George W. Fish | ||
| 4th | 1858 | Jno. C. Allen | Samuel B. Wicks | G.W. Skidmore | |||||
| 5th | 1859 | J. Skidmore | |||||||
| 6th | 1861 | ? (Jno. C. Allen) | Oscar Adams | ? (Samuel B. Wicks) | William Hamilton | ? (J. Skidmore) | William Patterson | ||
| 7th | 1861 | Alexander McFarland | ? (Oscar Adams) | Edward C. Turner | ? (William Hamilton) | William Clark | ? (William Patterson) | ||
| 8th | 1862 | ? (Alexander McFarland) | David Spencer Fox | ? (Edward C. Turner) | William Hamilton | ? (William Clark) | Paul H. Stewart | ||
| 9th | 1863 | O.F. Forsyth | Edward C. Turner | I. N. Eldridge | David Foote | ||||
| 10th | 1864 | William Stevenson | Hiram Parsell | ||||||
| 11th | 1865 | George H. Durand | |||||||
| 12th | 1865 | L.H. Roberts | |||||||
| 13th | 1866 | John Hawley | I. N. Eldridge | Sumner Howard | |||||
| 14th | 1867 | Abner Randall | Charles Smith | ||||||
| 15th | 1868 | Orson B. Gibson | |||||||
| 16th | 1869 | F.W. Judd | Orson B. Gibson | F.H. Pierce | |||||
| 17th | 1870 | M.S. Elmore | Wilson S. Tousey | W. O'Donoughue | |||||
| 18th | 1871 | Damon Stewart | John Willett | W.Buckingham | J.R. Chambers | Chas. D. Smith | |||
| 19th | 1872 | Samuel C. Randall | William Dullam | J.B.F. Curtis | Edward B. Clapp | Josiah W. Begole | James Williams | ||
| 20th | 1873 | Benj. Cotharin | H.C. Spencer | P. Cleveland, Jr. | |||||
| 21st | 1874 | William R. Morse | |||||||
| 22nd | 1875 | Thomas Page | Williams Fobes | Chris Becker | |||||
| 23rd | 1876 | Chas. A. Mason | Henry Brown | Chas. D. Smith | |||||
| 24th | 1877 | Andrew J. Ward | William A. Atwood | William A. Burr | J. Zimmerman | ||||
| 25th | 1878 | S.N. Androus | Henry C. Walker | Jos. M. Corkey | |||||
| 26th | 1879 | George L. Caldwell | ? (Thomas Page) | ? (S.N. Androus) | ? (William A. Atwood) | ? (Jos. M. Corkey) | A.R. Michaels | ||
| Councilor | Wards | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Council | Years | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th |
| 1974 to 1983 | John W. Northrup (ward unknown) | |||||||||
| 1983 to 1985 | John W. Northrup (ward unknown) | Jack Minore | ||||||||
| 1985-1991 | John W. Northrup (ward unknown) | Jack Minore | Scott Kincaid | |||||||
| 1991-January 1997 | John W. Northrup (ward unknown) | Jack Minore | Scott Kincaid | |||||||
| January 1997 to 1998 | Jack Minore | Scott Kincaid | ||||||||
| 1998 to 2004 | Scott Kincaid | |||||||||
| 2004 to 2005 | Joshua Freeman | Scott Kincaid | ||||||||
| 2005–2007 | Darryl Buchanan | Jackie Poplar | Kerry Nelson | Sandy Hill | Carolyn Sims | Sheldon Neeley | Jim Ananich | Ehren Gonzales | Scott Kincaid | |
| 2007–2009 | Delrico Loyd | Jackie Poplar[15] | Kerry Nelson[16] | Sandy Hill | Carolyn Sims[17] | Sheldon Neeley | Jim Ananich | Ehren Gonzales | Scott Kincaid | |
| 2009–2013 | Delrico Loyd | Jacqueline Poplar | Bryant Nolden | Joshua Freeman | Bernard Lawler | Sheldon Neeley | Dale Weighill | Michael Sarginson | Scott Kincaid | |
| 2013-2017[18] [19] | Eric Mays | Bryant Nolden (2013-1/2015; VP 2013-2014) Kerry Nelson, President (2015-2016) | Wantwaz Davis, Vice President (2014-2015) | Herbert Winfrey | Monica Galloway | Vicki VanBuren, Vice President (2015-2016) | Scott Kincaid, president (2013-2014) | |||
President and vice president are selected in November.
The Receivership Transition Advisory Board was appointed by Governor Snyder after the city exited direct control of the emergency manager in its second Financial emergency in Michigan.
| member | position | start | end |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Headen | chair | ||
| Brian Larkin [20] | |||
| David McGhee | |||
| Robert McMahan [21] | |||
| Mike Finney[22] | |||
| Michael Townsend[23] | |||
| Paul Newman | |||
| William Tarver |
| member 1974 | position [24] |
|---|---|
| Carl L Bekofske | chairman |
| leroy Nichols | vice chairman |
| Bob Jackson | |
| John H. West | |
| Joseph Conroy | |
| Charles A. Greene | |
| James P. Hanley | |
| Philip D. Marvin | |
| Banius C. Hedrick | |
| member 2015 | position | term |
|---|---|---|
| John D. Cherry | Vice chair | - |
| Brian Larkin | - | |
| Cleora Magee | chair | - |
| Victoria McKenze | ||
| Charles Metcalfe | ||
| Heidi Phaneuf | ||
| James Richardson | ||
| Marsha Wesley | ||
| Barry Williams | ||
| Quincy Murphy | -[25] | |
Supervisors represented the City on the Genesee County, Michigan Board of Supervisors.
| Year | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1855 | Charles N. Beecher | |||
| 1856 | ||||
| 1857 | George S. Hopkins | |||
| 1858 | Francis Baker | William Lyons | George S. Hopkins | |
| 1859 | ||||
| 1860 | W. O'Donoughue | Samuel N. Warren | L.G. Buckingham | |
| 1861 | D.S. Freeman | George S. Hopkins | ||
| 1862 | John C. Clement | |||
| 1863 | ||||
| 1864 | P.H. Stewart | |||
| 1865 | Josiah W. Begole | |||
| 1866 | ||||
| 1867 | Paul H. Stewart | |||
| 1868 | William Paterson | |||
| 1869 | Andrew B. Chapin | Paul H. Stewart | ||
| 1870 | ||||
| 1871 | George E. Newall | George W. Thayer | ||
| 1872 | Cornelius Roosevelt | George L. Walker | ||
| 1873 | ||||
| 1874 | John Algoe | |||
| 1875 | S. Mathewson | Ephraim S. Williams | ||
| 1876 | James Van Vleet | |||
| 1877 | D.S. Freeman | |||
| 1878 | L.C. Witney | Albert Crosby | ||
| 1879 | ||||
The City Ombudsman is a charter independent office of the city appointed by the City Council in a 2/3 votes to a seven-year term. A police ombudsman, Richard Dicks, predated the current charter position and was appointed in 1969.
| Term | Office holder | notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/26/75-1978 | Joe Dupcza | ||
| 05/15/78-07/21/87 | James Ananich | ||
| 07/22/87-07/21/94 | Terry Bankert | ||
| 08/17/94-04/08/96 | Darryl Buchanan | He was removed from office by the City Council but was returned to office after a lawsuit and finished his term. | |
| 01/1999-05/8/2006 | Jessie Binion | ||
| 05/8/2006-12/2/2011 | Brenda L. Purifoy | Removed from office by the Emergency Manager Michael Brown.[26] |